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Hiring your first employee is a huge step. Not only does it mean relinquishing some element of control over your business, it also involves taking care of a host of federal and state government regulatory requirements, tax laws, and compensation demands.

Here are 10 steps you need to follow to ensure you are in compliance with the law Read More

Are you using LinkedIn? It still surprises me when I hear people say they haven't opened an account on what I consider to be an essential tool for business. Read this post to discover some fun facts and essential ways LinkedIn improves my business. If you're still not convinced? Have a read and discover what makes LinkedIn different from the other social networking tool Read More

A great story I found on FoxSmallBusinessCenter.com

Verizon Wireless and the Verizon Foundation, in conjunction with the New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence (OPDV), today announced the launch of the Verizon Domestic Violence Entrepreneurship Grant Program, which will provide grants to domestic violence survivors to help them successfully develop small businesses Read More

Have you ever made a mistake when marketing your products or services? Most of us have and if you have not made a mistake yet, you probably will at some stage. The key point about the mistakes made in marketing is what you learn from them, understand where you went wrong, what were the reasons and not repeat the errors. Here are a few ways to avoid making marketing mistakes Read More

Business people are similar the way they go through their business day. Some will speed in, make a lot of noise, some will “arrive” and leave a lingering impression well after they have gone. So you could wonder which has the longer lasting impression Read More

Sometimes, it's tough to be grateful. It may take a bit of a mindset shift to realize that being grateful and having gratitude is exactly what you need right now Read More

I’m checking our analytics for our client roster for the past month yesterday, and I’ve noticed — as I’m sure others have — that a Company Profile setup on LinkedIN brings traffic! This may not be “new” in the sense that LinkedIN has been around now for a few years, but what is “new” is the tactic of getting your own website Company pages up and running Read More

Taking my insurance business from the mean streets of Albany, NY and expanding to the Social Web started as an experiment Read More

About a month ago, I switched my email newsletter provider from MailChimp to Aweber so I thought I'd talk about my experiences with the 2 services Read More

The first recording of this episode started with the recommendation that all sales reps should start a blog. After pondering a bit on the reasons behind the recommendation though, it became clear that a prediction was more appropriate Read More